Handle Exceptions errors in Struts Form

I am having to get database information to initialize the Form values in the loadForm method. One such method throws an exception. How do I handle errors to be displayed when the form is being initialized?

[I recognize that having the Form throw an exception for the calling action class to catch is ONE answer, is there another way?]

Struts provides the ActionErrors/ActionMessages for the Action class, but what structure exists for the Form class of Struts?

Instead You could try keeping the Actionform 'dumb' and using a setup Action instead. You can have an ActionForm associated with multiple Actions, so basically, you create an action whose job is to populate the Form with the data you require.